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Skimming the Surface of Life

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How I wish that I was a great composer, or had a voice that could sing my heart without cracking on notes or falling from the strong emotions I would try to convey. If I was an artist or a poet, maybe I could somehow touch others souls that they could know of my sincerity. What I’m talking about here is the depth of life; those powerful meanings that need to be felt to be understood and not just simply explained. It takes far more than two-dimensional letters strung into words and lined into prose to express this depth, and yet nonetheless I’ll try. It is about connecting to a new and broader dimension of reality . . . a higher dimension and a dimension that largely lays dormant within most of us already. But, so long as so many continue to just skim the surface of understanding who and what we are, and why we are here, we will forever find ourselves stumbling over the same stones that have held humanity down from reaching its potential throughout history . . . a potential that should have otherwise long been achieved.

We have had untold thousands of years to practice; let us give all we can to finally make now the time of achievement. Make now the time when truth can be wholly faced . . . be pursued within our minds and hearts, without fear, to at long last discover the greatness within. It is, in many ways, just a decision away once we allow ourselves to see beyond the surface and into the essence of what really exists.

The complexities of communication, I believe, are an important piece of the ‘grand puzzle’ for us to figure out. I think that, in part, this new and higher dimension is about a new and higher communication . . . a communication that imparts more than intellectual concepts alone. It should also transfer feeling. By the word ‘feeling’ here, I do not refer to a simple signifier of mood, rather as hosts of greater meaning. It is like the example of trying to describe a color. No intellectualism or facts can truly capture the appearance, and more so the qualities, of say, blue. The best it can do is to serve only as a representation. To fully comprehend there must first be a connection that is indescribable, yet is actually the medium of description itself. Exchanging this advanced communication with others is where the tricky task is, and is as well my ongoing attempt.

 The heart of the subject here is that connection, that comprehension, that feeling of a powerful and ultimate source that is the fabric of existence in all of its forms. God, divinity, the cosmos . . . title it to what suits you but realize that it is beyond any personification or advanced formula or system. Hold back any preconceived notions given to you by religion or science or social culture to take a new and clearer look. If, then, you find yourself returning to such perspectives by the very depths of your being, then by all means do so and I wish you well. If, on the other hand, you gain for yourself a sense that there is something more then you will have started yourself on a quest which makes roads connect into all, even the most subtle, aspects of the human experience.

The miracles of our daily lives can shine brighter than any light, and the pervasive evils and ignorance in our world can be known for what they truly are . . . an absurdity, an insanity . . . a weak and foolish thing disguised in mass that makes it appear as much more than it is. And, more importantly, you can discover that our challenges can be overcome. So much the mincing of a grand entirety, it can be awakened to a reformation . . . an awareness that the key is in our reclamation of the inherent power of our individuality in concert with the bond to true divinity. We are multidimensional beings, and so must come aware of it. The depths of who we are, why we are here, and what we shall have ourselves become is not to be feared or shelved in an attitude of apathy. Joy can be partnered with on-going achievement . . . achievement being the richness of our spirits and the broadening of our mental horizons.

Break the locks of fear, ego, and automated reactions that contain reality for us in a house without windows. The comforts of old paradigms need reevaluation that their pains may be removed. The cleansing of thought and honesty can, in union with sincere feeling of love, bond you to a greater communication that narrates to you a human experience that lives far deeper than the surface of any appearances.

 

Dan Thomas is the author of the book Inner-Tech.

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“Writing is one of the greatest mediums of humankind for expression, communication, and distribution of knowledge.” – Dan Thomas

Dan Thomas

I am a website copywriter and an historical reenactor living and working in northern Minnesota. I write articles on history and spirituality, and am currently in the process of writing a sequel to my first book. My intention as a writer is to create stories that engage the reader's imagination as well as their mind and to explore the answers of some of life's 'big questions'. I have just written a new book called "Inner-Tech" which can be found at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/59984. Here's a short description: "From mental conception to the birth of a new generation, it follows the adventures and experiences in the memory of a being known simply as Sojourn. He embarks on a quest of questions and answers upon awakening to a desperate message given by a mysteriously ancient and alien library. To succeed he must bring all of his wits and will to the war of good against evil before existence itself is lost."

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Spiritual Evolution in the Technological World

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“The horrifying deterioration of the ethical conduct of people today stems from the mechanization and dehumanization of our lives; a disastrous by-product of the development of the scientific and technical mentality.” -Albert Einstein-

The creative nature of the Human species is an astounding thing. I find it mind-boggling to try and think of everything that we have created. From cooking to concepts, from chemistry to communication, our daily lives are saturated with the vast variety of our creative expressions. Many of our creations are surly meritorious, but should some of these pieces to the grand puzzle of reality be examined with more scrutiny? How has this 24/7 existence of prolific material dominance affected us in terms not of technological evolution, but rather spiritual evolution, and what can we personally do about it? I think the best way to begin answering these questions is to seek some understanding of the subject. There needs to be a deeper examination of the issue of technology in relation to our spiritual progression, and movement forward on what conclusions we may then reach. So, in the philosophical sense, what actually is all of this technology?

Mechanization and the technical mentality is a dominant force in our modern experience. It sometimes quite subtly acts to control every aspect that it can by having us place in it our trust, our labors, our enjoyment, and even our well-beings. It seems to have become integral, even essential to the very function of our lifetimes.

Our very gauges of what is “primitive” or what is “advanced” is often based not on any spiritual or moral quality, but rather on external complexities and an item’s ability to act in our stead. Televisions tell us what is “truth” so why use our own minds . . . chemicals tell our bodies what is “good” so why should we doubt our sense of taste . . . and the “professionals” tell us not to bother because they’ve already done your thinking for you. The interferences to our emotional, mental, and physical well-beings is staggering. Synthesized sustenance is fed to our minds and bodies and souls, and invisible walls made of everything from electromagnetics to economics attempt to block us at every turn. Over-reliance on technology has, in many negative ways, tamed us. Just as trammed animals lose some of their inherent abilities of self-sufficiency due to their providing and controlled environment, we too risk losing those traits inherent to us. Chief among these traits, I believe, are not only the ethics that Einstein mentioned but also our psyches, our responsibilities, and our self-sovereignty over the choices we make . . . our free and individual wills.

Another way to examine what we create as technology is to see it as a reflection of who we are. Perhaps a classic example of this reflection is in computers to our minds . . . artificial intelligence and our own genuine intelligence. Starting with the introduction of computers our collective intelligence has rapidly come to rely more and more on the artificial, pushing the genuine farther and farther from use. Our image of who we are is often one that was provided, not just from what other people have told us, but what artificial intelligence has told us. This intelligence is artificial, in the reflected sense, because it is external and void of any personal intuition, spirit, or compassion . . . it is the “scientific and technical mentality”. That’s not to say that nobody but yourself has any answers, simply that sometimes the answers we are given should be questioned.

There is more to the function of life than just simply logic. We can not allow ourselves to become like the computers we make (like far too many people already have) so stop allowing yourself to be “programed” like one. We are beings with emotion, soul, and logic. Think about it. Instead of mastering computers, what might be if instead our efforts were for, say, mastering our compassion, or wills, or fears, or our responsibility in what we create?

The good news here is that it is not too late to develop our “inner technologies”, just more difficult the further we become engulfed in the matrix of false and preconceived reality. The start of this development has to do with cleansing ourselves of the fears, and other emotions that stem from them, that keep us from facing the knowns and more so the unknowns of our true potential as spiritual beings. The locks we metaphorically make with the intentions of our security, convenience, and comforts can easily become the locks against our true progression if the key of understanding is as lost as the key to our cars. The vehicles of our experience can no sooner run without the keys than the vehicles in our driveways. The key . . . the understanding . . . is seeing beyond the blocks which prevent us from truly looking inward. Free yourself from distractions, as much as practical, and start exercising your mind. Meditate. Use visualizations and affirmations, or whatever other method feels right for you to connect to that higher source that is free of ego and automated reactions.

Practice compassion, monitor your thoughts . . . there are many things you can do to cleanse your fears if you simply choose to have the determination to do so. Life is far more than a machine, be it metal and gears or flesh and blood or the mechanisms of mind. Life and our spirits are an ever-shifting, flowing, and malleable experience that by very nature “breaks the rules” of any method or system that attempts to confine it. Our evolution calls us to turn off the television, turn on the ignition . . . start the motors running on who we really are and what we can make within ourselves. Have the will and honesty and bravery to drive the roads of possibility, the internal unknowns, and the qualities of our “inner techs”. Our potential as human beings is not so much what is outside but rather what is inside, same as a person’s reflection in a mirror is not the person himself. Reach for your true potential and,rest assured, we really will go places far more interesting and valuable than any technological world could take us!

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“Writing is one of the greatest mediums of humankind for expression, communication, and distribution of knowledge.” – Dan Thomas

Dan Thomas

I am a website copywriter and an historical reenactor living and working in northern Minnesota. I write articles on history and spirituality, and am currently in the process of writing a sequel to my first book. My intention as a writer is to create stories that engage the reader's imagination as well as their mind and to explore the answers of some of life's 'big questions'. I have just written a new book called "Inner-Tech" which can be found at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/59984. Here's a short description: "From mental conception to the birth of a new generation, it follows the adventures and experiences in the memory of a being known simply as Sojourn. He embarks on a quest of questions and answers upon awakening to a desperate message given by a mysteriously ancient and alien library. To succeed he must bring all of his wits and will to the war of good against evil before existence itself is lost."

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Many Lives, Many Lessons

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Time is an illusion in the sense that it depends on a perception. Patience is in many ways the translator through which we experience it. A moment can seem to last forever and yet a year can pass in a blink. The past, the future, the present . . . all moving and shaping to the form of our perspective, coexist like the many channels of a radio. Whichever station our metaphorical dial is turned to is what we call reality. And yet, with so many stations out there, are we really just limited to the one? Life being such a complex and fleeting thing as it is, are we really expected to figure it out in a single try? What I’m talking about here is the sentient relationship to time and its purpose within reality.

To me, the terms ‘past lives’ or ‘reincarnation’ are actually somewhat outdated. If you believe, as I do, that all time is simultaneous then such terms become too linear in thinking. I have myself had what I believe to be many memories of lives in the so-called past as well as the so-called future. However, is the time period in which you have an incarnation actually all that pertinent? Time really only serves as a tool. It is a learning aid that divides our experiences into sections more manageable to our assimilation. It gives us focus so as not to overwhelm our comprehensions with a near infinite array of experiences. We take our experiences one at a time and the purpose of experience is for our learning. To simplify the whole phenomenon of life, I would say that is what it’s all about . . . learning. Every life we have and every experience we have is all for the purpose and benefit of our spiritual evolution. It is all a journey of infinite scale to progress us towards, for lack of a better phrase, the ultimate truth.

Every life, in every time, caters to the purpose of presenting us with a new layer of understanding. It factors both lessons for the individual, and group lessons for the masses. Lessons can take any form . . . dreams, relationships, wars, storms . . . all very significant but not always so obvious. The task is in translating these experiences to find purpose. Translating them to find purpose can often mean tracking them to their true origins, and those origins are not always to be found in the life you are presently living.

I am learning. At this very moment I am learning through many lives for those other lives are now, just simply removed from my conscious focus. So what are these other lives? What am I learning from them? I don’t think anyone can answer these questions with more accuracy than yourself. If these other lives are relevant to you present one, then they will make themselves known to you. To know more than that about them is always interesting though not necessarily needed, however your connection to these other lives will often leave hints in the makeup of who you are now. Apart from dreams, visions, and hypnotic regressions, these hints can often be found by observing yourself for various traits.

Do you have certain talents that have come to you naturally? What are you drawn to? What repulses you? Do you ever have strong reactions to a person that you can’t explain from any experience in this life? The possible causes of these things could be numerous, but sometimes they are an indication of one of your other lives. To separate these indications from other possible causes, try to look at the subject from as many different angles as you can. Analyze yourself in the now by exercising your self-awareness. Give every impulse you have about a possible other life, regardless of how outrageous it might at first seem, an equal and objective opportunity to prove itself to you. In a reality of timelessness, infinite possibilities, and layer upon layer of dimensions, you might realize that it isn’t so outrageous after all.

So now we come to the question of fantasy and over-active imagination. Am I being delusional if I feel I have a life as an extraterrestrial working on a moon base in some distant galaxy? Well, maybe you are . . . or maybe not. Even if imagination has skewed an impression it doesn’t necessarily mean there isn’t something to it. Like mythology, there is commonly some basis of fact hidden within. After all, where does imagination come from? Often times imagination is actually a symbology of reality. Of course you should try to pursue a truthful image of this other life, not some ego trip to fill perceived inadequacies, but such accuracy may or may not have been achieved by the end. If your intentions to find truth really are sincere, then your chances of accuracy are likely improved.

Do the best that you can in unraveling these questions, but ultimately just keep in mind what the real point of knowing your other lives is . . . purpose. It is about your spiritual evolution. What do you gain from this knowledge? Has it helped you in some way? Regardless of the accuracy, that is what is truly important. If you have grown from this memory then it has been worthwhile. At very least, use these contemplations to gain for yourself some compassion for others. Realize that, like you, they’ve had many lives and are far more than what might be seen on the surface. Who they are now doesn’t mean that that’s who they have always been. Sometimes we have hard lessons . . . sometimes we lose the trail. And although we must still deal with others as appropriate to this life, we can still do so with a higher understanding of the nature of humanity with time.

About the Author

Dan Thomas is the author of the book Inner-Tech.

Visit his website at aeta2earth.com

Follow Dan Thomas on Twitter @Aeta2Earth

Dan Thomas

I am a website copywriter and an historical reenactor living and working in northern Minnesota. I write articles on history and spirituality, and am currently in the process of writing a sequel to my first book. My intention as a writer is to create stories that engage the reader's imagination as well as their mind and to explore the answers of some of life's 'big questions'. I have just written a new book called "Inner-Tech" which can be found at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/59984. Here's a short description: "From mental conception to the birth of a new generation, it follows the adventures and experiences in the memory of a being known simply as Sojourn. He embarks on a quest of questions and answers upon awakening to a desperate message given by a mysteriously ancient and alien library. To succeed he must bring all of his wits and will to the war of good against evil before existence itself is lost."

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